Black Friday: A “Collective Consumption Ritual”

New post on my Psychology Today blog:

Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving in the United States, is a “collective consumption ritual”, according to Thomas and Peters (2011). Over two years, the researchers interviewed “experienced” Black Friday shoppers. Through 38 qualitative interviews, the researchers found four themes:

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